WoRMS taxon details
original description
Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459. [details]
original description
(of Echinophyllia tosaensis Yabe & Eguchi, 1935) Yabe H, Sugiyama T. (1935). Revised list of the reef-corals from the Japanese seas and of the fossil reef corals of the raised reefs and the Ryukyu limestone of Japan. <em>Journal of the Geological Society of Japan.</em> 42: 379-403. [details]
original description
(of Oxyphyllia aspera var. sugiyamai Yabe & Eguchi, 1935) Yabe H, Eguchi M (1935) Oxyphyllia, a new genus of hexacorals. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan 11: 376-378. [details]
original description
(of Oxyphyllia aspera var. tosaensis Yabe & Eguchi, 1935) Yabe H, Eguchi M (1935) Oxyphyllia, a new genus of hexacorals. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan 11: 376-378. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record
Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source
Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46. page(s): 36 [details]
additional source
Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source
Arrigoni R, Berumen ML, Chen CA, Terraneo TI, Baird AH, Payri C, Benzoni F. (2016). Species delimitation in the reef coral genera Echinophyllia and Oxypora (Scleractinia, Lobophylliidae) with a description of two new species. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 105: 146-159., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.08.023 [details]
additional source
Huang D, Arrigoni R, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Stolarski J, Chou LM, Budd AF. (2016). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Lobophylliidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 178(3): 436-481., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12391 [details]
additional source
Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555 page(s): 28, 88 [details]
additional source
Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume II: Families Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae, Euphyllidae, Oculinidae, Meandrinidae, Siderastreidae, Agariciidae, Fungiidae, Rhizangiidae, Pectiniidae, Merulinidae, Dendrophylliidae, Caryophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 2, pp. 429. page(s): 328-329 [details]
Nontype (of Oxyphyllia aspera var. tosaensis Yabe & Eguchi, 1935) IGPS 40313, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Oxyphyllia aspera var. tosaensis Yabe & Eguchi, 1935) IGPS 53042, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 289-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 565-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 572-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 613-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype WAM 615-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 806-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]From other sources
Description Colonies are submassive with exsert corallites becoming laminar around the periphery. Costae are thick and beaded. Paliform lobes are usually well developed. Colour: usually cream or pale brown, sometimes with green centres. Abundance: usually uncommon but occurs in a wide range of habitats. Colonies are less than 0.4 m in diameter. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]
Distribution Central Indo-Pacific to Japan [details]
Type locality Palm Islands, Great Barrier Reef (Veron, 1986). [details]
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